Saturday, 27 July 2013

Be the bee's knees

Meaning:

  • You use this to express how good something is.
  • It is something excellent and outstanding.


Example sentence:

Have you tried their coffee? It's the bee's knees; it's the best quality and it tastes amazing!



Questions for you to answer:

  1. What things you've recently seen, heard or tasted were the bee's knees?  
  2. The origin of this phrase is not unequivocal. What are your suggestions?
  3. If you came across the expression in a spoken version, what might you confuse it with?


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